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Thread #115854   Message #2676870
Posted By: Amos
10-Jul-09 - 03:35 PM
Thread Name: BS: Californians Oppose 'Prop 8' Gay Marriage Ban
Subject: RE: BS: Californians Oppose 'Prop 8' Gay Marriage Ban
I don't think anyone is trying to equate things as you claim, Ake.

What has been said is that your position against equal CIVIL rights is discriminatory, and as such it is ANALAGOUS (not equal)to discrimination on other organic grounds such as race.

What I have said is that incitement to hatred should not be considered the same as free speech; I said nothing about your own posts or even defining what incitement to hatred would consist of. That is a whole other discussion. "Kill him!! He's a fucking iummoral commie bastard faggot!" is not an examle of free speech anymore than yelling "Fire!" in a crowded theater is.

I don't know if defining the boundaries between the two would not be an impossible can of worms. But, like the difference between farts and butter, I think I know it when I smell it.

How do you feel about (a)incitement to hatred of others? (b)legally discriminating against monorities?


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